The Ballad of Caveman Bill

Yukon, Canada | 52 min | 2023

A humorous portrait of one caveman’s resiliency and adaptability confronting the climate crisis on the sub-arctic riverbank he calls home.

Bill Donaldson (aka Caveman Bill) has been living in a cave in a cliff face on the Yukon River, across from Dawson City, for the past 24 years. Over four seasons, THE BALLAD OF CAVEMAN BILL explores the life of a modern cave-dweller dealing with the existential and geological dilemmas of the Climate Emergency, and how these are threatening his rarefied way of life ‘in the land’. Part poetic social commentary and part ironic post apocalyptic DIY manual, it reveals a path we should deeply consider if we are to heal our connection to nature.